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South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University
Enrollment Services Center, Box 511
Brookings, SD 57007

Official telephone: (605) 688-4121
Toll-free telephone: (800) 952-3541
Fax number: (605) 688-6891
Website: www.sdstate.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 11,007
Full-time undergraduates: 8,559
Part-time undergraduates: 2,448
Total graduate students: 1,582
Full-time graduate students: 531
Part-time graduate students: 1,051
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Midwest
First-year student enrollment breakdown:
1.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
87.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.8% Nonresident Alien
0.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.9% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.9% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
88.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.5% Nonresident Alien
0.3% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 261 acres
City or town school is located in: Brookings, SD
Population of city/town: 22,943
Locations of branch/satellite campuses: Branch campuses in Pierre, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls, SD.
Nearest major city: Sioux Falls, SD
Distance of nearest major city: 57 miles
Population of nearest major city: 164,676
Online campus map: www.sdstate.edu/index/
maps/index.cfm

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: No. Housing availability is limited.
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • sorority housing
  • fraternity housing
  • single-student apartments
  • married-student apartments
  • special housing for disabled students
  • other housing including Wellness, theme, and pet-permitted housing.
Students required to live on campus: All students who have been out of secondary school less than two years must live on campus unless living with family.
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 88%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, student center
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Archives. Special Collections. George Norby Collection of Local History. Elizabeth Cook-Lynn and Tom Daschle congressional papers. Marghab rare books. Farm bureau/farmers union local records.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Art and agricultural heritage museums. McCrory Gardens Education & Visitor Center.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
reading, writing, math, study skills
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance
Counseling services:
minority student, veteran student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, alumni services.
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special housing, adaptive equipment, ; other services provided on an individual basis.
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: 99%

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 7
Number of fraternities that have chapter houses: 4
Percent of men who join fraternities: 4%
Number of social sororities on campus: 3
Number of sororities that have chapter houses: 2
Percent of women who join sororities: 2%
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station
School newspaper(s): The Collegian
Number of honor societies: 32
Campus-based religious organizations:
Campus Crusade for Christ, Equip, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Fire Starters, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Latter-day Saint Students Association, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Student Fellowship, Navigators Christian Fellowship, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Oasis, Pius XII Newman Center, United Faith Campus Ministry, University Lutheran Center, WELS Student Fellowship, Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, Christian Campus Ministry, Engage, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Minority student organizations:
Black Student Alliance, International Relations Council; African, Chinese Student Scholars, Indian, Latin American, and Nepalese Associations; German, Islamic Cultural, and Native American clubs
International student organizations:
International relations club
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Music Educators National Conference, Music Industry, Honors College Student Organization, Non profit Leadership Alliance, Gay Straight Alliance, Family/Career/Community Leaders of America, Campus Women's Coalition, Block/Bridle, Amnesty International, College Democrats, College Republicans, Colleges Against Cancer, Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization, Collegiate Farm Bureau, Collegiate Farmers Union, Ducks Unlimited, Collegiate 4-H, FarmHouse, Conscious Alliance, Habitat 4 Humanity, Peace Solutions, Club tEAM, Roots/Shoots, Ceres, Rotaract, Flying Jacks, Turf Jacks, World Affairs/Languages, Skeptics, Agnostics, Atheists, Freethinkers, Empiricists, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, State Sensations, Staters for State, Helping Everyone Reach Optimal Health, University Toastmasters, Students Taking Responsibility in Diversifying Education, Students in Free Enterprise, Raising Awareness and Watchfulness, Rabbit Den, Jackrabbit Jugglers/Unicyclers, Stephen F. Briggs Scholars Organization, Jacks for Life, Engineers Without Borders, Institute Electrical/Electronic Engineers, Cateau Rangers, Little International, Plains Riflemen, Pride of the Dakotas, Ag Communicators of Tomorrow, National Consumers League, Post Secondary Agricultural Student Organization, Academy Student Pharmacists, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Agriculture/Biological Science Prexy, Animal/Range Science Grad Student, Criminal Justice, Green Building, Joint Engineering, Pan-Hellenic, and Resident Assistant Councils; Human Resources, Institute Food Technologist, National Science Teacher, Nursing Students, Computing Machinery, Education of Young Children, General Contractors of America, Rifle, Institute of Food Technologists, Home Builders, Family/Consumer Sciences, Pre-Med Chapter of American Medical Students, Residence Hall, Student Athletic Trainers, and Student National Education Associations; Collegiate Percussive Arts, Film, Air, American Fisheries, Arboriculture, Auto Engineers, Medieval, Japanese Animation/Culture, International Microelectronics/Packaging, Electronics Engineer Technicians, Manufacturing Engineers, Physics Students, Women Engineers, veteran's, Landscape Architects, Mechanical Engineers, Agricultural/Biological Engineers, Civil Engineers, Heat/Refrigeration/AC Engineers, and Interior Designers Societies; apparel merchandise, animation, art, chess, clinical lab science, construction management, dairy, dance, dietetics/health science, English, fishing, French, games, geography, German, global studies, history, horticulture, hospitality management, human services, journalism, math, meat science, microbiology, Aim High, Collegiate Future Farmers of America/Agriculture Education, horse, paintball, skydiving, ag systems technology, agronomy/conservation, PE/REC Majors, range, robotics, Park/recreation management, philosophy, political science, pre-professional science, pre-veterinary medicine, psychology, Sierra, Spanish, swine, television, and wildlife/fish conservation clubs

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Justin Sell,
Athletic Director
Director of women's athletics: Kathy Heylen,
Associate Athletic Director
Athletic department's mailing address: Athletic Director,
Fred M. Oien,
South Dakota State University,
Administration Building Room 200,
Br
School colors: blue and yellow
School mascot: Jackrabbits
Athletic conference memberships: National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Collegiate Equestrian Association, Western Wrestling Conference, Summit League, Missouri Valley Football Conference

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Men's footballyesNCAA Div. FCS
Men's golfyesNCAA Div. I
Men's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyesNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (indoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sportsyesNCAA Div. I
Women's golfyesNCAA Div. I
Women's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Women's softballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (indoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (outdoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyesNCAA Div. I
Athletic facilities:
intramural building, wellness center
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton, basketball, broom hockey, cross-country, diving, dodgeball, flag football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field (indoor/outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, volleyball
Club sports for men:
archery, bowling, cheerleading, cricket, hockey, rodeo, rugby, soccer, wrestling
Club sports for women:
archery, bowling, cheerleading, cricket, hockey, rodeo, rugby

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Sioux Falls, SD (57 miles)
Nearest other airport: Brookings, SD (1 mile)
Nearest passenger train service: Omaha, NE or Fargo, ND (300 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Brookings, SD (1 mile)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: excellent
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Tom Daschle, Former Senate Minority Leader
  • Adam Vinatieri, NFL
  • Mary Beth McAdaragh, VP of Marketing, NBC Enterprises.

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